Contemporary Artists Center – Residency Deadline
The Contemporary Artists Center has recently opened its newest international artists’ residency program on the campus of the Woodside National Historic Register Site in Troy, NY, and is now accepting applications for the first Winter/Spring season.
DEADLINE DEC 15th – Just two weeks left to apply.
The CAC focuses on emerging contemporary artists and accepts applicants who offer quality in their art and encourages diversity of style, medium (2-D, 3-D, 4-D) and concepts.
The residency program can be from 2 weeks to six months and offers artists the time and support to create new work and fosters an environment that encourages creativity, experimentation, and collaboration.
Our facility features high-ceiling, adaptable studio space in a 150-year-old Neo-gothic chapel, open 24 hours a day with some specialized studio facilities, exhibition space, and free access to all CAC events. The living area includes lofted bedrooms, living room / library, dining room, and kitchen & bath.
Spend your winter creating in the company of other artists!
Fellowships available. Application and more info online at:
http://www.cactroy.org/residencies.php
WOODSIDE
Contemporary Artists Center
71 Mill St.
Troy, NY 12180
518-320-0628
www.cactroy.org
Open House ~ Pottery Show and Sale
Time / Date:
Friday, December 4th / 6:00 PM – midnight
Saturday, December 5th / 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Location:
1284 Grand Avenue Buena Vista, SK Contact:
Ph: (306) 729-2969Email: [email protected]
Artist of the Day – Rachelle Chinnery
Oh I’m just brimming with excitement, it’s going to be such a beautiful month here at musing with all of these amazing artists I’m going to share with you over the upcoming weeks. Thanks so much to everyone that’s sent in images and info so far, I couldn’t do it without you. There are still a few spots open so keep those entries coming!
To start it all off is the incredibly talented Rachelle Chinnery:

In her words:
I started out in Linguistics, went to Japan to teach for a year, gave up on Linguistics and stayed in Japan for four years. That was the beginning of the training with reluctant Japanese men and the end of my future career as an academic. I came back to Canada, went to Sheridan for a year, then Emily Carr for a year, and realized art school wasn’t really for me either. It’s been a bit of a solo road in the studio since 1995.
Three years ago my husband and I moved to Hornby Island in BC, and just this month my studio is nearing the end of completion. I have been making pots in a trailer for 3 years. Nobody deserves a new studio like I deserve a new studio.
For the past ten years or so I’ve been focusing on a line of carved porcelain. I use a mid-fire body that is translucent where thin, and it rings just like a high-fire porcelain body. In 2007 my work was selected for the British Columbia Achievement Award for Creativity. I was the first ceramist to be a recipient of the award. This bottle and cups set was accepted into the Croatian Post-Modern Ceramics Exhibition in Varazdin in 2009. A lidded jar of mine made it to the finals in the NICHE awards in 2009, and this year this same bottle and cup set also made it to the NICHE finalists list. I was unable to fly to Philadelphia in 2009, so I wasn’t able to attend the awards ceremony – you have to be there to win anything. But this year – I’m going for gold…. (local Olympic rhetoric creeping in there ).
I hope to develop a new body of work in my shiny new studio and return to making larger sculptural pieces – too challenging to make in the trailer.
rachellechinnery.blogspot.com
www.rachellechinnery.ca
The aftermath….
Weekend sale finally over and today I’m busy getting the leftover inventory sorted and photographed so that it’s ready to go up on Etsy asap…still might be a while before that all comes together, but oh well…

Oh yeah and don’t forget that ARTIST OF THE DAY month goes live tomorrow, so get your thinking caps on and start commenting if you want in on the giveaway!
Tenure Track Position at Doane College Crete Campus
Doane College website – http://www.doane.edu
posting – http://www.doane.edu/About_Doane/Listings/Faculty/
Doane College Crete campus seeks a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor of Art for fall 2010. Responsibilities include teaching all 3 dimensional art courses including sculpture and ceramics. The art department serves majors, including future teachers, and non-majors in a beautiful, new art facility opened in 2007. The successful candidate will have excellent hand building and throwing skills and possess thorough knowledge of glazing chemistry and the history of ceramics. Knowledge of current trends in sculpture including installations and experience with down draft gas powered kilns as well as a proven exhibition record required. Teaching experience preferred; M.F.A. in studio art essential. Review of applications begins immediately and continues until position is filled. Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy, contact information for three references and, 5 photos of current work electronically to Dr. Les Manns, Interim VPAA, [email protected]. Doane College is an equal opportunity employer.
This time University of New York @ Oswego
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Job Description:
Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, the Art Department has over 300 undergraduate majors in degree programs in Art, Art History and Graphic Design. These programs include the Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA). Additionally, undergraduates can elect to minor in art, graphic design, expressive art therapy, museum studies, or arts management. The Department also offers an MA degree in Art and Graphic Design as well as an MAT in Art Education.Requirements:
Preferred Qualifications: Teaching experience at university level Date of Appointment: August 2010 Send 10-20 examples of personal creative work and 10-20 examples of student work on CD, DVD or slide format directly to Cynthia Clabough, Ceramics Search, SUNY Oswego, Art Department, 125 Tyler Hall, Oswego, NY 13126, include an annotated image list. For return of materials, please include a SASE. For additional information contact Cynthia Clabough at [email protected]. SUNY Oswego is committed to enhancing its diversity. SUNY Oswego is an Affirmative Action Employer and encourages applications from professionals of color, women, individuals with disabilities, and veterans. In accordance with INS regulations, successful applicants must be legally able to work in the United States, per the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. |
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